EYRBYGGIA-SAGA; sive, Eyranorum historia. Icelandic text and Latin translation on facing pages. Engraved manuscript facsimile plate. xii,354, [1] pages, including half-title with engraved vignette, and errata leaf at end. 4to, contemporary .5 sheep,

EYRBYGGIA-SAGA; sive, Eyranorum historia. Icelandic text and Latin translation on facing pages. Engraved manuscript facsimile plate. xii,354, [1] pages, including half-title with engraved vignette, and errata leaf at end. 4to, contemporary .5 sheep, spine heavily rubbed. Copenhagen: Aug. Frid. Stein, 1787 E400-600 FIRST EDITION of the sagaof the Eyr-people, composed in the 13th century and covering events in the west of Iceland from the late 9th to early 11th centuries. "It includes a mass of information on the law, religion, traditions, etc.,of the heathen days in Iceland, and the lives of Eric, the real discoverer of Greenland, Biorn of Broadwick, a famous chief, and Snorri, the greatest statesman of his day" (EB).